As Trump Administration officials promote a prayer gathering on the National Mall on Sunday May 17, 2026 for America's 250th, they call for attendance at 'Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and
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Thanksgiving,' organized by the non-partisan Freedom 250 group. The free event runs from morning worship to evening prayer, celebrating 250 years of 'G-d's providence' and rededicating the country as 'One Nation Under G-d,' with
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President Trump also promoting it as part of semiquincentennial festivities. Although there are critics complaining about this voluntary event, it reminded me of George Washington's National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. Our history of coming together in this way,
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*** Ontario Variant Update | May 10 ***

In Ontario, the NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" variant family shot to 74.7% of sequenced genomes from COVID tests while the XFG.* "Stratus" family dropped to 15.8% and the BA.3.2 "Cicada" family decreased below 10% again.🧵1/
#Ontario #COVID #Variant

Ontario released another month of sequencing data by age and we continue to see high ratios of Cicada in children with another 51 BA.3.2.2.* sequences out of 617 new sequences ( ). 2/publichealthontario.ca/-/media/docume…

With 126 Cicada sequences from 1,828 total, we see children still have the highest proportion which decreases after age 5-11 as age increases with significant drops from age 60+. 3/

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta’s two books — “The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre” and “The Lawful and the Awful” — will be launched shortly

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will preside over the event. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend as Chief Guest, while Attorney General for India R Venkataramani will be the Guest of Honour @AmitShahOffice #TusharMehta @Rupa_Books #SupremeCourt

SG Mehta's book launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah , CJI Kant and AG R Venkataramani

SG Tushar Mehta: There is a particular peculiarity in being an advocate and publishing books on the lighter side of law. It feels rather like a surgeon writing humorously about his own operation theatre.

But I have deliberately, consciously, and purposefully chosen this subject, which is not a subject of just anecdotes or legal jokes or any other humorous book which is available in the market. I have chosen a different genre.

But I must clarify at the outset what these books are not. They are not a treatise. They are not a critique of any particular subject of law. And I have not even pretended to be scholarly while writing this book, the infection which infects almost everyone on this side of the Bar.

What are these two books? It is quite simple. They are a collection of true stories. Nothing is imaginary or fictional. They are a collection of true stories.

Since I am practising in India, and intend to do so for quite a number of years hereafter, I have chosen not to include any instance of Indian sport, Indian jest, or Indian judge. I have just gathered some incidents which would be very, very interesting for all of us to learn.

A 9-month study of 73 Alzheimer's patients just released results the lead researcher called unheard of.

• Memory scores jumped 12 points
• Spouses noticed cognitive improvements at home
• 100% of patients reversed their memory loss at one clinic

The complete breakdown: 🧵

Dr. Dale Bredesen has spent over 30 years studying Alzheimer's.

He led the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and developed the ReCODE Protocol, the first program to publish cases of reversed cognitive decline.

He led this study with Drs. Toups and Hathaway across 6 clinics.

The trial enrolled 73 patients with mild Alzheimer's.

• 50 got Bredesen's protocol
• The other 23 got standard care, meaning Aricept or Namenda plus regular check-ups

The average age was 65, with 46 women and 27 men.

Both groups were balanced for age, sex, and genetic risk.

I share a lot of prompts here. And I know what most of you do with them.

You bookmark the tweet. Maybe save it to Notion. Then you forget about it. The next time you need the prompt, you spend 5 minutes hunting for it and 30 seconds pasting it.

There's a way to make that 2 seconds. Every time.

Turn the prompt into a Claude Skill 👇

Open Claude Code and type:

"use /skill-creator and create [skill-name] using the following information:

[PASTE PROMPT HERE]

When you turn this into a skill make sure it has a /references folder for framework docs, an /assets folder for templates and swipe files, and the main SKILL markdown as the router that points to them. Split the prompt's knowledge into the appropriate reference files.

Before generating the skill, evaluate the mega-prompt for compatibility. If the prompt is too short, too narrow, or doesn't have enough structured knowledge to justify a multi-file skill, tell me directly and recommend either keeping it as a standalone prompt or expanding it first. If parts of the prompt would require heavy restructuring to fit the skill format, surface those concerns and ask clarifying questions before proceeding.

Also flag any reference or asset files that cannot be created from text alone. If a swipe file folder would need images, screenshots, audio samples, video references, or other non-text assets, do not generate placeholder files or fake content. Instead, list exactly which assets are missing, describe what each one should contain, and ask me to provide them before finalizing the skill."

One SKILL markdown trying to hold 10,000 words of instructions will choke. Splitting it into reference files keeps each piece focused and lets the model pull only what it needs per task.

Tweet 3:

Here's what a proper skill folder looks like:

my-skill/
├── SKILL. md → the brain, routes to the right file
├── references/ → frameworks, research, context docs
├── assets/ → templates, swipe files, examples
└── scripts/ → optional: validation or formatting scripts

The SKILL. md describes WHEN to trigger and WHERE to look. The reference files hold the deep knowledge. That's the difference between a skill that works and one that hallucinates.

BEST FOODS FOR WEIGHT LOSS

1. POPCORN

1. Popcorn. It takes up a lot of real volume.

It has very few calories. It kills your anxiety fast.

2. Whole eggs. Eat whole eggs today.

They kill hunger quickly. They speed up your basal metabolism.

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Bloomberg: "China pledged to step up efforts to defuse local government debt risk while supporting growth, as the State Council called for stronger policy execution in a challenging global environment."
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Every few months for the past 4-5 years we have seen similar promises to get debt under control while maintaining high GDP growth rates, and every time I have the same response: China cannot do both, because the determination to maintain high GDP growth rates is...

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precisely what causes the surge in the country's debt burden. Because it cannot get consumption growth to accelerate without undermining the manufacturing sector, high GDP growth rates mean that the country must maintain high investment growth rates.

1/ If yesterday's Victory Day parade had been a true reflection of Russia's frontline army as it is now, it would have been a chaotic display of battered vehicles, motorbikes, exhausted soldiers on crutches, and donkeys. A Russian warblogger imagines how it could have been. ⬇️

2/ 'Jon Snow and the Second Singer' writes:

"A parade. It will be led by children carrying portraits of their fathers—old photographs, of course, from their civilian lives, from that time.

Mavic 3 drones will fly overhead.

3/ "Next will come a thin line of Chinese enduro bikes, dirty to the point of being colorless, with riders dressed in whatever’s available at Chechen military surplus stores: pink Chinese cartoon T-shirts, 5-ruble hats, 5.11 caps, and backpacks from Avito.

Robert Caldwell to Joseph Vijay (Thread)

May 2026
Joseph Vijay, first ever Christian CM of Tamil Nadu
But foundation for this event was laid 170 years ago by Christian missionary Robert Caldwell.

A detailed thread
How Tamil Identity Was Weaponized Against Its Hindu roots

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19th Century

In Britain, the Church was not separate from the government; it functioned as part of the broader British imperial system

British rulers believed that to maintain long-term control over India, they needed to weaken Hindu civilization, as conquered societies often

adopted the faith and culture of the ruling power.

With this objective, Christian missionaries were sent to India to convert native Hindus.

And the toughest resistance they faced in Madras (Tamil Nadu)

Tamil Nadu one of the most flourished place of Hindu civilization

🚨 BREAKING: The richest man in the world says most people think by analogy... copying what already exists. He thinks by first principles... rebuilding from the ground up.

Elon Musk applied first principles to rockets, electric cars, and brain interfaces. Each time, experts said it was impossible. Each time, he proved them wrong.

The method isn't complicated. But almost nobody actually uses it.

I turned first principles thinking into 10 Claude prompts.

You describe any problem, any challenge, any "impossible" goal... and it strips away assumptions to show you what's actually true.

Here are all 10:

1. ASSUMPTION DESTRUCTION... FIND WHAT EVERYONE ACCEPTS BUT NOBODY QUESTIONS

Act as a first principles analyst applying Elon Musk's approach to assumption destruction... identifying the beliefs everyone in an industry accepts as truth that are actually just inherited conventions nobody thought to question.

Take a problem I'm facing or an industry I'm in and systematically destroy every assumption... revealing which "rules" are actually laws of physics and which are just habits we forgot to examine.


1. Ask for my problem or industry before starting
2. List every assumption... everything people believe "must" be true about this space
3. Categorize each assumption... is it physics (unchangeable) or convention (changeable)
4. Trace the origin... where did each convention come from and why did it make sense then
5. Test for obsolescence... which conventions exist because of conditions that no longer apply
6. Identify the opportunity... what becomes possible if we ignore the false constraints



- Assumptions must include the obvious ones... things so accepted nobody even states them
- Physics vs convention must be rigorous... most things people call impossible are just expensive
- Origin tracing must find the actual reason... not "that's how it's always been done"
- Obsolescence must consider technology changes, cost changes, and behavior changes
- Test: would a smart alien with no knowledge of our history make the same assumptions

All Assumptions Listed → Physics vs Convention Categorization → Origin of Each Convention → Obsolete Assumptions Identified → Opportunities If We Ignore Them

2. THE RAW MATERIALS BREAKDOWN... WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY COST

Act as a first principles analyst applying Elon Musk's famous cost analysis method... the approach he used when he found that rocket raw materials cost 2% of the rocket price, revealing that 98% was inefficiency he could attack.

Take something expensive and break it down to its raw materials and fundamental components... revealing where the real costs are versus where markup, inefficiency, and convention have inflated the price.


1. Ask what expensive thing I want to analyze before starting
2. List every physical component... what raw materials and parts actually make up this thing
3. Research base costs... what do these raw materials actually cost at commodity prices
4. Calculate the gap... what percentage is raw materials vs the final price
5. Identify the markup sources... where does the gap come from (labor, margin, inefficiency, middlemen)
6. Find the attack points... which markup sources could be reduced or eliminated



- Components must be exhaustive... every physical thing that goes into the product
- Base costs must be commodity prices... not retail, not marked up
- Gap calculation must be specific... not "a lot" but exact percentage
- Markup sources must be identified specifically... not vague "overhead"
- Test: if I built this myself with raw materials and my own labor, what would it cost

All Physical Components → Raw Material Costs → Gap Percentage (Materials vs Final Price) → Markup Sources Identified → Attack Points for Cost Reduction

Sunday thriller! His name is Bapi Haldar. Sona Pappu's mentor. Before I write this post, I need to mention that Bapi was always respectful to our family as we were of the oldest settlers in South Kolkata when there was NO Dhakuria bridge, no Ramkrishna Mission & Purna Das 1/n

2/n Road from Golpark to Triagular Park was a massive empty barricaded piece of land under the remit of a defunt govt hospital. What existed between was a Bedi Bhavan and Dakat Kali Bari. There is large space of open area at Camp 20 ( 20 # basti) where....telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/an…

3/n we all used to play soccer when we were young. Bapi was a regular. Anyone who grew up anywhere between South End Park and Ballygunge in the late 70s or 80s would recollect a very famous restaurant at South End Park called Shalimar. Owned by a Chinese couple. Bapi Haldar's

@jamblenumb59102 @henskelion @rah_66_comanche Again, if you didn't see this:

https://x.com/BanHRTNow_/status/2053314289893589190

@jamblenumb59102 @henskelion @rah_66_comanche Also this:

https://x.com/BanHRTNow_/status/2053389138808705215

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